Waterloo welcomed members of a French delegation to campus on April 25th to sign a new MOU with the National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA). The MOU outlines a new framework for expanding research collaboration between the University of Waterloo and France.
Waterloo International was pleased to host the Toronto-based French Consul General, Tudor Alexis, and delegates from the French Embassy in Ottawa this week to discuss ongoing Waterloo-France relations and to explore shared interests for future collaboration.
The University of Waterloo welcomes the Indonesian International Student Mobility Awards (IISMA) 2022 recipients to campus. It is the second successful year of this student mobility program and with it brings 15 talented Indonesian students to our campus community.
The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) annual conference is happening from November 13-16 in Toronto. This year’s theme is Finding Balance, a forward-thinking approach to recovery as the international community emerges from several years of upheaval and uncertainty. Various representatives from Waterloo are presenting sessions at the conference including Waterloo International’s Ian Rowlands, Associate Vice-President, International, and Chris Peace, Associate Director, Operations.
Waterloo International is excited to be participating in the 2021 Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) virtual conference which will be running from today until Friday, November 19th. CBIE will be facilitating a dialogue among participants to reimagine community on a global scale and encouraging a consideration of how international education leaders and practitioners will navigate the complexities of a sustainable and inclusive future of education.
The Climate Change Summit (COP26) is now underway in Glasgow, UK, and Waterloo is maintaining its (virtual) engagement in the summit in various ways.
With the University of Waterloo being a member of the University Global Coalition (UGC), the Sustainability Office and Waterloo International collaborated to secure a spot on the UGC’s Annual Gathering this past September. Joined by international partners the University at Buffalo and Universidad Carlos III Madrid, the half-hour session investigating international climate change networks served as the closing panel of the Annual Gathering. A story about it appeared in the Daily Bulletin (
We were delighted to have an article in the Tuesday, 21 September 2021 edition of the Daily Bulletin. The article, which can be found here, invites the Waterloo community to contact us as they engage in International Education Week (15-19 November 2021). Thank you, Daily Bulletin, for this opportunity! We look forward to celebrating international education with campus partners.
Today – Wednesday, 22 September – the University of Waterloo’s Daily Bulletin ran a feature story outlining recent collaborations between Waterloo and the Government of Indonesia (and Indonesian institutions). The story can be found here.
‘Thank you!’ to the Daily Bulletin for publishing this story, and we look forward to continuing – and growing – our meaningful connections with our valued partners in Indonesia in the future!
Waterloo International (WI) recently collaborated with Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) to showcase the University of Waterloo’s academic and research strengths, including graduate studies opportunities, to prospective graduate students and other stakeholders, from Latin America and Egypt.